Santa Ana-based Advanced Medical Optics Inc., a maker of eye surgery devices and contact lens solutions, has named a clear No. 2 to Chief Executive Jim Mazzo.
Randy Meier, the company’s 48-year-old chief operating officer, has taken on the additional title of president.
Mazzo, Advanced Medical’s leader since its 2002 spinoff from Irvine’s Allergan Inc., previously held the president’s title.
“Randy has assumed increasingly broad leadership roles since our spinoff,” said Mazzo, 50.
Meier joined Advanced Medical in 2002 from what’s now Aliso Viejo-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. He previously served as Advanced Medical’s chief financial offer.
Allergan Chief Executive David Pyott, a former Advanced Medical director, called Meier Mazzo’s “key lieutenant” in a 2006 Business Journal interview.
